February 2012
“Rape culture is a culture in which people who have survived a violent crime are asked to laugh about it because other people think it’s funny.”
—(i wish i could put this on a business card and hand it out to people who make rape jokes. the flip side would say FUCK YOU)
In our society, women are taught that it's not okay to say no. Which might partially explain why when we do say it, we are very often ignored.
“It is my opinion that the combat exclusion policy actually increases the risk of sexual harassment by making it clear to infantry troops that female personnel are not considered full soldiers. It institutionalizes women’s status as second-class citizens within the military.”
—Former Army Sergeant Kayla Williams dropped a lot of wisdom in an NPR interview earlier this week. You should go read/listen to what she had to say. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
“Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of a man at twice its natural size.”
—Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own (via missfolly)
Fuck yeah, feminists!: I married a Nice Man, not a "Nice Guy." →
fuckyeahfeminists.com
Nice Man - makes dinner because he’s an adult and the adults in the household do chores because food is necessary for not dying.
“Nice Guy” - makes dinner because he wants you to fuck him.
Nice Man - puts you in bed after you’ve had too much to drink because people who care…
Miss Piggy On Beauty
What are your top beauty tips?
Start out perfect and don’t change a thing. Always accentuate your best features by pointing at them. And conceal your flaws by sucker punching anyone who has the audacity to mention them.
I wish Miss Piggy was my therapist.
